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USC&GS Parker
ex-USS SC-1277

Call sign:
Nan - George - Nan - Dog

ex-USS PC-1277

SC-1277 served both the U. S. Navy and the Coast & Geodetic Survey

SC-497 Class Submarine Chaser:

Laid down 7 September 1942 as PC-1277 by the Elizabeth City Shipyards, Elizabeth City, NC

Launched 27 October 1942

Delivered and commissioned USS PC-1277, 19 March 1943

Reclassified SC-1277 in April 1943

Transferred to the Maritime Commission 15 November 1946

Transferred to the Coast and Geodetic Survey and commissioned USC&GS Parker

Named for Captain William Parker (___ -1942) who served in the Coast and Geodetic Survey from 1901-1934. Captain Parker served on both coasts of the contiguous United States, and in Alaska, the

Philippine Islands, Puerto Rico and Panama. He served as the Chief of the Division of Hydrography and Topography from 1919 to 1931 at which time he was made commanding officer of the newly commissioned ship USC&GS Hydrographer until his retirement in 1934

Sold for scrap in 1957 to Boston Metals of Baltimore, MD

Acquired by the Reedville Oil and Guano Company, Inc,. Reedville, VA for use as a freighter and renamed Jorisuda

Acquired in 1970 by Haynie Products, Inc. of Reedville

Acquired in 1973 by Guy L. Ireland of Norfolk, VA for use as a yacht

Acquired in 1975 by Wayne Gooding, Jr. c/o the Castigliola Shrimp Co. of Pascagoula, MS for use as a fishing boat and renamed Miss Cindy

Out of documentation in 1980

Fate unknown.

Specifications:

Displacement 148 t.

Length 110' 10"

Beam 17'

Draft 6' 6"

Speed 15.6 kts.

Complement 28

Armament: One 40mm mount, two .50 cal. machine guns, two depth charge projector "K Guns," two sets Mk 20 Mousetrap rails with four 7.2 projectiles and two depth charge tracks

Propulsion: Two 880bhp General Motors 8-268A diesel engines, Snow and Knobstedt single reduction gear, two shafts.

Click on thumbnail for full size image	Size	Image Description	Source
USS SC-1277
	171k	From the collection of Clifford Davis	Richard Henson
	142k
	59k
	161k
USC&GS Parker
	81k		NOAA Website
	109k		NOAA Website
	295k	Photo from NOAA's Fleet Then and Now - Sailing for Science Collection. Image ship0235	Robert Hurst
	114k	c. 1946 Coast and Geodetic Survey Ships Parker, Bowen, ex-SC-1361and Stirni, ex-SC-1358 NOAA Photo Library photo, NOAA Central Library; Family of Captain Maurice A. Hecht, C&GS	NOAA Website
	108k	c. 1952 NOAA Office of NOAA Corps Operations photo	NOAA Website